2010 Dodge Charger Review

Charger, not as amped up as it sounds. In this week's post I am going to take a different approach to reviewing the car and labeling it as a successful remake of a older iconic car. This week I am just going to review the remake only. I am doing this to go in more depth with the newer version and still rate it. This week I am going to review the remake of the infamous Dodge Charger. I am going to decide wether I like the remake and does the remake do any justice to their older counterpart.

In the last 5 years the Dodge Chrysler Corporation has released their new rendition of the Dodge Charger. When you here Dodge Charger I think of Dukes of Hazard, jumping bridges and outrunning cops all while sporting the rebel flag on the roof. The 2010 however I don't get so much excitement, but get more limp. This car is very disappointing. At the first glance I see my grandmother driving this car to church on Sundays, and no my grandmother is not a hot Roding, tattoo-wearing grandma either. I feel that the crushed '70's Chargers are rolling in their car graves. Dodge remade an iconic muscle car into a sedan, seriously?

The exterior is mainly disappointing because it has four doors. The '70's models had two. The front grille does not look bad but it does not scream muscle car power like the Charger name does. The '70's grille had hidden headlights that rotated out when the driver decides to. The '10 version has headlights similar to a Toyota Camary, which is what my grandma drives. Dodge tried to redeem themselves by offering different exterior badges that say HEMI that are flat black that extend to the rear spoiler. The wheels are all right, like I said before nothing special just a 5-spoke design that Dodge could have slapped on any car. The taillights barely emulate the iconic version but Dodge missed by so far on this car so what the hell, throw whatever on it. I feel like dodge completely failed with this remake, put it in the trash, F.

The poor craftsmanship carries over into the interior. The interior looks exactly out of Chrysler's PT Cruiser. I mean it look nice and everything but this is supposed to be a sports car. The seats are one color, high-back design for support but I think every car has that now. Other muscle car remakes have custom designed seats and upholstery throughout the vehicle, but no the Charger. I do have to say that the special edition cars come with a little fancier interior but nothing like a Camaro, Mustang, or '70's Charger. The dash is nothing special either; it has white-faced gauges and a regular steering wheel. The only real improvement from the '70's Chargers and the new ones are airbags and better air conditioning. I really did not like the lack of attention to detail that Dodge has done.

The performance aspect of the '10 Charger does not disappoint as much as the interior and the exterior. I was actually impressed with the performance packages that Dodge offers. They offer anything from a semi-powerful V6 to a pavement pounding V8 Hemi. The V8 Hemi option is called the SRT8 package. The SRT package comes with 425 horsepower and 420 foot pounds of torque. It is very impressive but, they also throw the same packages in trucks, so its not unique to the Charger which is disappointing. To sister up the engine Dodge only offers an automatic engine, which is also disappointing to all the people who like to slam those gears. The appearance of all the engines is very good, and there is nothing out of place, at least in my opinion. The 2010 Charger also gets reasonable gas mileage depending on the package, ranging from 18 in the city and 26 on the highway. Overall I'll be nice to this area of the remake and say that Dodge did alright.

My whole conception of the 2010 Dodge Charger is that it sucks compared to the iconic one that we all know and love. I feel and wish that Dodge would start over but they won't because it is a hot seller to all the soccer moms and the dads who have kid to transport in a sporty kind of way. I did not like their four door design or the copied design from the PT Cruiser. In my book Dodge failed to meet the expectations of the older counter part. Dodge gave the old counterpart a kick in the nuts, or in this case the tail pipe.